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Tobacco Earnings Surge to $48M Amid Underlying Issues

Tobacco Earnings Surge to $48M Amid Underlying Issues

Africa-Press - Malawi. Malawi’s tobacco sector has opened the 2026 marketing season with a dramatic surge in earnings, raking in K83 billion (about $48...
Police Arrest Officers for Missing Black Market Fuel

Police Arrest Officers for Missing Black Market Fuel

Africa-Press - Malawi. In a dramatic twist that has shaken confidence in law enforcement, Malawi Police in Mangochi have arrested several of their own...
ActionAid Malawi Advocates Community-Led Health Solutions

ActionAid Malawi Advocates Community-Led Health Solutions

Africa-Press - Malawi. ActionAid Malawi has called for long-term investment in community-led health interventions, arguing that lasting change in the health sector will only...
Atupele Muluzi Defends Criticism of Government

Atupele Muluzi Defends Criticism of Government

Africa-Press - Malawi. United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi has moved to clear the air over growing claims that his recent remarks on...
Calls rise for mining reform

Calls rise for mining reform

Africa-Press - Malawi. As global demand for minerals used in clean energy technologies continues to rise, mining policy analysts and governance experts have cautioned...
World Bank support billed to bolster forex efforts

World Bank support billed to bolster forex efforts

Africa-Press - Malawi. The World Bank has approved an $80 million (over K140 billion) grant and pledged a further about $100 million in additional...
Tobacco Farmers Face Crisis as Buyers Reject Crops

Tobacco Farmers Face Crisis as Buyers Reject Crops

Africa-Press - Malawi. A deepening crisis is unfolding at the Limbe auction floors, where angry and desperate tobacco farmers are watching their hard-earned crop...
NBS Bank finances Lindian US$11.6M equipment

NBS Bank finances Lindian US$11.6M equipment

Africa-Press - Malawi. Australian resources firm Lindian Resources, which is constructing the Kangankunde Mine in Balaka, has secured US$11.6-million equipment finance and working capital...
Standard Bank Invests MK50 Million in Lilongwe Re-Greening

Standard Bank Invests MK50 Million in Lilongwe Re-Greening

Africa-Press - Malawi. Standard Bank Plc has stepped up its environmental agenda, committing an additional MK50 million to re-afforestation efforts along the Dr. Saulos...
Ex-RBM Boss Calls for Pension Fund Licence Revocation

Ex-RBM Boss Calls for Pension Fund Licence Revocation

Africa-Press - Malawi. A former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has delivered a blistering indictment of the Public Service Pension Trust...